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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
卷 377, 期 1856, 页码 -出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0205
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sex chromosome evolution; sexually antagonistic selection; Japan Sea stickleback; supergenes
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This study analyzes phased young sex chromosomes in the Japan Sea stickleback to detect signals of sexually antagonistic selection. The findings provide insights into the evolution of sex chromosomes, although the presence of demographic effects makes it challenging to determine the authenticity of these selection signals.
Intralocus sexually antagonistic selection occurs when an allele is beneficial to one sex but detrimental to the other. This form of selection is thought to be key to the evolution of sex chromosomes but is hard to detect. Here we perform an analysis of phased young sex chromosomes to look for signals of sexually antagonistic selection in the Japan Sea stickleback (Gasterosteus nipponicus). Phasing allows us to date the suppression of recombination on the sex chromosome and provides unprecedented resolution to identify sexually antagonistic selection in the recombining region of the chromosome. We identify four windows with elevated divergence between the X and Y in the recombining region, all in or very near genes associated with phenotypes potentially under sexually antagonistic selection in humans. We are unable, however, to rule out the alternative hypothesis that the peaks of divergence result from demographic effects. Thus, although sexually antagonistic selection is a key hypothesis for the formation of supergenes on sex chromosomes, it remains challenging to detect.This article is part of the theme issue 'Genomic architecture of supergenes: causes and evolutionary consequences'.
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